306 SPHINGIDiE. 



costa ; white angle between SC 4 and SC 5 preceded costally 

 by an elongate brown shade ; the angle formed by the white 

 mark and SC 5 filled in with a blackish dot ; white angle be- 

 tween SC 5 and R 1 . Underside nearly uniform dull ochreous, 

 first discal line of fore wing running towards apex as on 

 upper side, a distinct white submarginal spot between SC 5 and 

 R 1 . Expanse : $ 50-54 mm., $ 80 mm. 



$. Tenth tergite subcarinate above, being compressed, 

 apex subsinuate ; sternite acuminate. Clasper with four 

 large friction-scales ; harpe (fig. 76 A) ending in a long, very 

 slender, feebly spatulate curved process. Penis-sheath 

 (fig. 76 B) : left process long and free, denticulate at apex and 

 proximal edge ; right process broad, short, broadest at end, 

 densely dentate at end, the teeth long, pointed and generally 

 bearing smaller teeth. 



Hah. E. Himalayas to Borneo and Java. Rare, and early 

 stages not known. 



98. Panacra nioseri Gehlen. (Fig. 77, £). 



Panacra moseri, Gehlen, 1930, p. 130, figs. 1, 2, $ (Upper Assam). 



This species is said to resemble automedon Walk., and is 

 described by Gehlen as follows : — 



$. Body like automedon, head and front of thorax, however, 

 fighter, making the lateral stripe less distinct, pectus laterally 



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? 



A. B. 



Fig. 77. — Panacra moseri GehL, $ (after Gehlen) ; A, upperside, 

 B, underside. 



with golden hairs. Shape of fore wing differs from that of 

 automedon. On the termen the subapical sinus ends at R 1 

 instead of at R 2 ; termen convex between R 1 and R 2 , so 

 that it is not pointed as in automedon but blunt. The inner 

 margin is more curved and the anal angle more advanced. 

 Hind wing with the anal angle more prominent, making the 

 termen more concave. 



Upperside. Fore wing : ground-colour yellow, not so grey 

 as in automedon. The discal fines approach each other closely 

 at inner margin but are sharply defined. The main discal 

 line does not run straight apicad but is directed costad, though 



